There seem to be a lot of big names attached to this 'indie' JRPG. I can't believe they're only asking for $100,000. It actually has me kind of concerned that the target is so low...

Though what's really interesting is although the game is being lead by Final Fantasy vets they claim to have people who worked on Halo 4, Crysis 3, and LA Noire onboard, meaning it's not strictly Japanese developers.

The plot description had me rolling me eyes with all the cliches (and seriously, Ruffles?), but the idea of incorporating RTS elements into the combat is interesting. Shades of Growlanser, perhaps?

The game is targeting Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and they say they're "90% sure" PS4 and Vita versions will happen. So basically they want to put it on everything...

The Kickstarter campaign hasn't actually launched yet. This is a pre-announcement and it will start in a few days. Because why not...

The project is being led by Hiroaki Yura, the violinist and head of the Eminence Symphony Orchestra in Australia.

I actually used to write for the Eminence blog and used to have pretty frequent communication with Yura-san. I don't know where this project came from, but I'm psyched that he's leading it and he has networked enough to bring a lot of people together for it. I have high hopes. :)

I certainly hope "Ruffles" is just a placeholder name until a more suitable one is thought of. That's a worse name for a protagonist than Shulk. Or if the default is Ruffles, please let there be an option to rename him. Don't get me wrong, I like silly names; my old punk band jokingly called ourselves "Billy Rubin and The Specula" before we ultimately settled on Kryovax. I was once in a strange music/comedy/nonsense project we called Godzilla vs. the Smurfs. But, man, Ruffles is a terrible name for a hero.

I can't believe they're only asking for $100,000. It actually has me kind of concerned that the target is so low..

It makes me question what's going on since they're targeting so many platforms and the release is set for 2015. $100,000 equates to covering the cost of living for two individuals over that period of time, assuming you only wanted to pay them about $25,000 a year.

So yeah, curious to see where they're getting the rest of their money from.

Even without the chips, Ruffles sounds like a name you'd give a pet, not a fallen angel. Then again, he is amnesiac, so perhaps that *is* his placeholder name until he gets his memory back.

I got the impression that Ruffles is actually a she. The developers refer to Ruffles as a her on their twitter account.

I am hoping that it is indeed a placeholder name or that the player can change the name. Aside from having another amnesiac protagonist, the project sounds interesting so far. Incorporating RTS elements in the battle system could turn really good (i.e., Growlanser) or really bad (FFXII), depending on how it's implemented.

Even without the chips, Ruffles sounds like a name you'd give a pet, not a fallen angel. Then again, he is amnesiac, so perhaps that *is* his placeholder name until he gets his memory back.

I got the impression that Ruffles is actually a she. The developers refer to Ruffles as a her on their twitter account.

Ruffles as a girl's name isn't any better. Unless the katakana was misread and her name is Lovelace or something. That's actually a cool name. Although, an amnesiac female fallen angel named Loveless could be interesting too. Yeah Loveless or Lovelace are way better than Ruffles. Unless they were trying to name her after the Rafflesia flower (aka the corpse flower) which, again, is infinitely cooler than Ruffles and fitting for a fallen angel.